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13 Apr 2022

2022 New York Age-Friendly Funders Network - Spring Meeting

Wednesday, April 13, 2022 -

10:30am to 12:00pm

... advance members’ knowledge of: (1) current and emerging needs among older adults and the organizations that serve ... register@philanthropynewyork.org with any questions. What else should I know? Crystal...

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Enabling Sustainable Investment in Social Interventions: A Review of Medicaid Managed Care Rate-Setting Tools

Release Date:

02/02/2018

... improvement activities; and 6) reward plans through higher rates for effective investments in social interventions. More needs to be done, however, to assist interested states in ...

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The Commonwealth Fund

The United Hospital Fund Releases Report on Positive Impact of Home Health Care

Release Date:

04/30/2018

... discharged from inpatient care. Such refusals can lead to higher rates of readmission to the hospital and a lower ...

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New Report from The Burke Foundation: Expand Midwifery Care in NJ to Improve Maternal Health, Promote Equity

Release Date:

06/07/2022

... for: • Reducing barriers to entry in midwifery education • Diversifying the midwifery workforce ... the lifespan, including their annual preventive care needs , reproductive healthcare, and care for newborns...

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Children, Youth and Families

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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The Burke Foundation

The Future of ‘Zipcode as Destiny': Three Scenarios

Release Date:

01/14/2016

... change the role of place in poverty and inequity? What if they’re so widespread that people have access to ... Parent Households? Single parent households experience higher rates of poverty than multi-parent...

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Economic Security

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Reader's Digest Partners for Sight and Research to Prevent Blindness Launch Low Vision Research Initiative

Release Date:

08/07/2015

... is launching a new research initiative to address urgent needs in understanding and treating low vision. The $1.2 ... of the issues awardees will be challenged to tackle are: What happens to degraded visual...

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Aging

Reader's Digest Partners for Sight Foundation

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Research to Prevent Blindness

28 Mar 2019

Financial Series: Using Financial Statements Together with IRS Form 990 to Understand Your Potential Grantees

Thursday, March 28, 2019 -

9:00am to 12:00pm

... 21 – Intro to Financial Statements March 7 – What to Look for in a Nonprofit’s Financial Statement ... stability and even how it is strategically deploying its resources . These documents can help a grantmaker...

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Listen: Commonwealth Fund President, Dr. David Blumenthal, on COVID-19 and the US Healthcare System

Release Date:

05/20/2020

... Commonwealth Fund , shares the following: • Our lack of trust in government as an organizing force in society • ... of a healthcare system that depends upon the volume of what walks through its doors and not...

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Disaster Relief

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The Century Foundation Report on For-Profit Colleges Cited in NY Times

Release Date:

10/13/2015

... for bankruptcy in the face of charges of widespread fraud, education officials promised to “protect students from ... and safeguard the interests of taxpayers.” But the Education Department, despite a...

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Education

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Revson Foundation President Makes the Case for Libraries

Release Date:

04/06/2015

Julie Sandorf takes de Blasio to task in a NY Daily News editorial for reducing library funding in his preliminary operating budget.

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Children, Youth and Families

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Public Policy

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Covenant Foundation-Backed Study Examines the Health and Well-Being of Jewish Teen Girls

Release Date:

04/14/2015

... Health and Well-Being of Jewish Teen Girls When Jewish education promotes self-discovery, challenges traditional ... We wanted to offer a new teen-girl-centric model of Jewish education , one that meets their...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Community Development

Gender Justice

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Most States Plan To Use Student Absences To Measure School Success

Release Date:

09/27/2017

... is? Test scores? Culture? Attendance? In the new federal education law (the Every Student Succeeds Act, or ESSA) ... plans still need to be approved by the U.S. Department of Education . . . Most States Plan To...

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Researchers: Supporting Teenage Girls Requires More Than Pads

Release Date:

10/06/2017

... hasn’t been a silver bullet solution for increasing education rates in some developing countries. Researchers ... teachers who are educated and empathetic to girls’ needs , as well as safe and private toilets...

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Gender Justice

Markle Foundation Selects Indiana as Next Skillful State

Release Date:

10/12/2018

... opportunities for individuals with non-traditional education backgrounds, while helping residents tailor their skills to meet employer needs . Officials at the Markle Foundation said they selected .....

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John & Mary R. Markle Foundation

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Report Details Employment Challenges Facing Latino Youth

Release Date:

06/13/2014

... rate for Latino males aged 16-24 is 2.4 percentage points higher than the unemployment rate for white males of the same ...

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Economic Security

JPMorgan Plans to Unveil a Program for Job Skills

Release Date:

12/11/2013

... ” Mr. Emanuel said in a phone interview. “I need resources .”... JPMorgan Plans to Unveil a Program for Job ...

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Community Development

Springboard for the Arts Receives $750,000 From Surdna Foundation

Release Date:

07/08/2014

... vibrant communities by connecting artists with the resources they need to make a living and a life.... ...

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Arts

Community Development

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Surdna Foundation

Using All of a Foundation’s Assets for Mission (F. B. Heron Foundation)

Release Date:

01/07/2016

... the future to be effective, they need to use all of their resources toward their mission, says Clara Miller, president ...

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